Note: Salmon is one of the fish that are plentiful in Iceland.
Ingredients:
5- to 6-pound salmon
3 tablespoons salt
4 tablespoons butter
3 cups boiling water
1 cup cooked beets, chopped
1 tablespoon water
1 tablespoon vinegar
1 tablespoon sugar
1 cup raw or cooked apples, chopped
Celery
Lemon quarters
Directions:
Clean the fish, but do not remove head or tail. Remove viscera and clean the fish well. Sprinkle with salt and let stand for a few minutes.
Melt butter in a large kettle or deep frying pan and brown the fish on all sides. Pour the boiling water over the fish and simmer until tender.
Place the whole fish on a serving platter. Keep hot.
Cook beets until softened (or use canned). Peel and cube.
Mix 1 tablespoon water, 1 tablespoon vinegar, and 1 tablespoon sugar and pour over beets.
Let stand for a half hour or longer. Drain. Or mix beets with a little sour milk or sour cream.
Chop or cube raw or cooked apples. Place small mounds of apples and beets around fish. Between mounds, place lemon quarters and celery.Yields: 8 servingsback to top
One Celebration or Festival:In Iceland, they celebrate The First Day of Summer.
Literacy Rate:
USA: 97%
Country:99% out of about 32,000 people.
Social Customs:the most common greeting in Iceland is toshake aperson'shand. The only meal that a whole family is dinner.
Recreation:Two of Iceland's favorite pasttimes are, to go camping and skiing.
Government
Type:Constitutional republic.
Leader:President is Olafur Rhagar Grimsson and Prime Minister who also leads the goverment is, Geir Haarde.
Independence:
When:Dec.1
From Whom:Denmark
Economics
Monetary Unit:-$4.456 billion
Exchange Rate:$13.71 billion
GDP:
USA: $39,676
Country:$38,000
Major Industries:
1.tourism
2.fish proccessing
Major Trading Partner:
Imports:Germany,Norway
Exports:U.S.,Germany
1.Icelandish
2.English
1.Lutheran 85.5%
2.Roman Catholic 2.1%
Name:
Recipe:
Whole Salmon with Apples and Beets
Note: Salmon is one of the fish that are plentiful in Iceland.
Ingredients:
5- to 6-pound salmon
3 tablespoons salt
4 tablespoons butter
3 cups boiling water
1 cup cooked beets, chopped
1 tablespoon water
1 tablespoon vinegar
1 tablespoon sugar
1 cup raw or cooked apples, chopped
Celery
Lemon quarters
Directions:
USA: 97%
Country:99% out of about 32,000 people.
When:Dec.1
From Whom:Denmark
USA: $39,676
Country:$38,000
1.tourism
2.fish proccessing
Imports:Germany,Norway
Exports:U.S.,Germany
Men:78.33years
Women:82.62years
1.fish
2.hydropower
3.geothermal power
1. Hvanna Shnukur, Northern Iceland,2,110 meter tall glacier
2.Mt. Hekla, Sotheastern Iceland, volcano that erupted in 1999